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P. W. CARPENTER.

DUST PAN.

Patented May 8, 1883.

N PETERS. Mo-Umognphnf. Washington. D. C

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS W. CARPENTER, OF HARRISON, NEW YORK.

D'UST-PAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,225, dated May 8, 1883.

Application filed April '2, 1883. tNomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Faanors W. CARPEN- TER, of Harrison, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Dust-Pans; and the following is declared to be description of the same.

Dust-pans having long handles have heretofore been made, their object being to prevent the necessity of persons stooping to the floor to remove the sweepings, and these dust-pans have been made to fold forward npon'the handle when set aside or hung up out of the way after use, the vconnection to the pan being made on the back wall.

My invention has for its object the holding of the pan while dust is being swept into it and the folding of the handle into line, or nearly so, with the dust-pan. single inclined bottom, and a rest to raise the back part off the floor, and along handle, and

bail to connect said handle and the pan together, the bail being fastened tothe sides of the pan at or near the center line; and I provide a rod or brace hinged at the back of the pan, and having a hook on the other end to connect with an eye on the handle and hold, said handle in the position for use, or to hook into a second eye for holding the pan close to the handle for setting aside or hanging up.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is an elevation and partial section of my improved dust-pan. Fig. 2 is a planof the'same, and Fig.3 isa section of a modified form of pan.

The pan portion a is preferably of the shape shown in Fig. 2, and may be made ofany desired metal, and said pan is providedwith a rest, preferably of sheet metal, at b, the same extending across the bottom of the pan on, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2. The back a of the pan, instead of being low and of the shape shown in Fig. 1, can be arched over, as shown in Fig. 3, to prevent dust and other particles escaping over the back of the pan as swept into it. The long handle 0 is at its end provided, by preference, with a bail and cross-bar, d, for the hand to grasp .in use. The other end of handle 0 fits into a thimble, 6, formed as part of the bow or bail f, and the ends of said bail f are connected preferably by rivets to the sides of the dust-pan a at y. I prefer to employ a washer on each side in connection I employ a pan with a with the rivet, and to connect the bail on the outer sides of the pan, although I may make. said connection on theinside with almost equal advantage. The wire or rod his hinged or otherwise connected with the back wall of the pan at the upper edge, and the free end of said rod h is made with a hook to enter either screw-eye c orc on the handle 0.

In the position of the dust-pan and handle shown in Fig. 1 by fulllines the parts willstand alone and are ready for use, and in the position of the handle, Fig. l, in dotted lines, the pan can also be used by stooping slightly, and the parts are in position for setting the pan aside or hanging it up out of the way. In this case the pan is not folded up against the bandle, as described in the recital to this specification, butthe back is brought up nearer the handle and held in position by the rod h.

The great advantage of hinging the bail f on the sides of the dust-pan at or near the center line of the pan and midway between the edge of the pan and the rest b upon the floor is that in use apressure upon the handle causes the edge at a to set closely to the floor or carpet, causing the sweepings to be easily and thoroughly transferred to the pan, and the rod It makes positive the relative positions of the handle and pan, enabling the person sweeping to carry the pan about without spilling its contents. In both positions shown in Fig. l the pressure exerted by the bail f is the same, the rod h aiding the leverage ot' the handlein pressing the pan upon the floor.

My improved handle, bail, and rod connection to the back of the pan can be' employed with equal advantage upon a pan with adoubleinclined bottom or with or without the curved cover shown in Fig. 3. r

The pan a should be of sheet metal that will bend or yield upon pressure of the handle 0,

and said handle can be secured to the central' portion of said pan, so that said pressure can be applied as stated. The rest b maybe made of cast metal riveted to the pan a.

I claim as, my invention- 1. The combination, with the dust-pan a and rest b, of the handle 0, bailf, and rod h, as and for the purposes set forth. I

2. The combination, with the dust-pan a and rest b, of the handle 0 and hail f, the said bail being pivoted to said pan to on the sides of the same and between the front edge, a and rest I), as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination, with the dust-pan a and rest b, of the long handle 0, the bailf, pivoted to the sides of the pan to, the hooked rod h, hinged to the back of the pan and connected to the eye 0 or 0 upon the handle a, as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination, with the dust-pan, of a rest beneath the back portion to raise the same, and a handle secured to the pan between the front edge and said rest, whereby pressure on the handle causes the edge to set closely to the floor, substantially as specified.

the front edge of the pan to set closely to the 20 floor, substantially as specified. Y

Signed by me this 31st day of March, A. D. 1883.

' FRANCIS W. CARPENTER.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINOKNEY, v OHAs. H. SMITH. 

